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99 CIS S 43128
TITLE: ESEA: Special
Populations
CIS-NO: 99-S431-28
SOURCE: Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-77
DATE: June 10, 1999
LENGTH: iii+63 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1043-A; 1043-B
SUDOC: Y4.L11/4:S.HRG.106-77
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Hearing to examine Department of Education
assistance to State and local agencies for elementary and
secondary education programs for special populations, including Indians, migrant
workers, and bilingual students, in connection with upcoming reauthorization of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem and secondary educ aid programs,
extension and revision, spec populations issues
DESCRIPTORS:
FEDERAL AID
TO STATES-EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-EDUCATION;
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; INDIANS; BILINGUAL
EDUCATION; MIGRANT AND SEASONAL WORKERS; STUDENTS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION;
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
99-S431-28
TESTIMONY NO: 1 June 10, 1999 p. 1-6
WITNESSES
(and witness notations):
GRASSLEY, CHARLES E. (Sen,
R-Iowa)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Need for
education reforms to address needs of special populations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and secondary educ aid
programs, extension and revision, spec populations issues
99-S431-28 TESTIMONY NO: 2 June 10, 1999 p. 8-50, 53-63
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
CHEEK,
JOHN W. (Executive Director, National Indian Education Association)
MCCOY, MELODY L. (Staff Attorney, Native American Rights
Fund)
PEREZ, HISELA (former student, migrant education
program)
CROCE, NANCY (Director, Migrant Education, New
York State)
GOMEZ, JOEL (Director, Institute for Education
Policy Studies, George Washington University)
ZIRKIN,
NANCY (Chair, National Coalition of Women and Girls in Education; also
representing American Association of University Women)
STATEMENTS
AND DISCUSSION:
Need to extend and revise ESEA programs
for Indians; importance of migrant education programs, with recommendations;
suggestions for reauthorization of ESEA bilingual education programs, citing
need to address special educational needs of limited-English proficient
students; issues involved in reauthorization of ESEA programs for special
populations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and
secondary educ aid programs, extension and revision, spec populations issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL INDIAN
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 
